Sitting on the hard.
Here's the checklist.
checklist: lay up
Maintenance tasks:
- [x] buy window screening -- To cover the openings in the cockpit
- [x] buy 6 metal scrub pads -- To fill the through hulls to prevent wasps
- [x] ditch the generator
- [x] ditch the jerrycans
- [x] ditch flag
- [x] buy dehumidifier (lowes)
Day 1:
- [x] stow water hose (lazarette)
- [x] stow sail covers
- [x] stow bimini (V-berth)
- [x] wash deck
- [x] wash sail covers
- [x] wash bimini
- [x] thank you card for Tina
- [x] stow sails (V-berth)
- [x] oil change
- [x] rinse anchor chain
- [x] wash Scout
- [x] tidy v-berth for sail storage
Day 2:
- [x] stow Scout's propane tank (cockpit)
- [x] remove batteries from small lights (dinghy, etc)
- [x] stow zinc fish
- [x] stow dock lines (lazarette)
- [x] stow fenders (forward head)
- [x] stow life sling and throwable (V-berth)
- [x] stow Scout (main cabin, behind closet) or bring her to Hendersonville with both the power and manual inflaters
Day 3:
- [ ] take out recycling
- [x] cover dorades
- [x] stow outboard (cockpit)
- [x] plug exterior holes against wasps
- [x] water batteries
- [x] empty Nature's head
- [x] lubricate port lights
As leaving:
- [ ] disconnect solar panels
- [ ] turn off propane
- [ ] cover fixed port lights and hatches
- [ ] empty urine jug
- [ ] unplug Nature's head
- [ ] turn off the refrigerator and leave lid open
- [ ] take out trash
- [ ] lock the companionway
- [ ] stow ladder
- [x] rig dehumidifier
- [x] Rig AC fan
- [x] open all lockers
Tomorrow we leave for Sanibel Island to visit Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge.
Then back to find the truck in Charleston.